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Great Khan 2016
Great Khan 2016

Reputation: 515

c# unit test datetime against string

I am doing a unit test for datetime and it fails because Test Name:

GetDateTime2 Result Message: Assert.AreEqual failed. Expected:<28/05/2017 20:00:00 (System.String)>. Actual:<28/05/2017 20:00:00 (System.DateTime)>.

Is there any way of comparing the string against the datetime of do i have to change the properties of string date and string time?

public void GetDateTime()
{
      FootballEvent football = new FootballEvent();
      football.Time = "20:00:00";
      football.Date = "28/05/2017";
      var footballtime = football.GetDateTime();
      var expected = "28/05/2017 20:00:00";
      Assert.AreEqual(expected, footballtime);  
}

Upvotes: 5

Views: 3791

Answers (2)

Ousmane D.
Ousmane D.

Reputation: 56423

as some people have stated within the comments why not just make a DateTime object then compare them?

Example:

var footballtime = football.GetDateTime();
var expected = "28/05/2017 20:00:00";
DateTime expectedDate = DateTime.Parse(expected);
Assert.AreEqual(expectedDate, footballtime);

Upvotes: 5

maccettura
maccettura

Reputation: 10818

You could call ToString() with whatever format you want your time to be in for comparison.

var expected = "28/05/2017 20:00:00";
//Use HH for 00-23, use H for 0-23, use hh for 01-12 and use h for 1-12
Assert.AreEqual(expected, footballtime.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"));

However it seems like you should be comparing both in the proper format (DateTime).

Ask yourself why you are initializing the times via string (football.Time = "20:00:00";), why not use the proper data type for Dates and Times (DateTime)

Upvotes: 1

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